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A number of consistent techniques have evolved in volleyball, including spiking and blocking (because these plays are made above the top of the net the vertical jump is an athletic skill emphasized in the sport) as well as passing, setting, and specialized player positions and offensive and defensive structures.

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Even as ‘Kavalan’ is facing troubles in Tamil Nadu, the world premiere trailer launch of the film was held in the United States on Thursday.

And the guest of honour at the trailer launch function was none other than Vijay, the protagonist of the film, who was all smiles on seeing a big euphoria among his fans.

They have arranged a 20 passenger ‘Hummer Limousine’ as part of the royal welcome for the ‘Ilaya Thalapathi’. The event took place at India Community Center, Milpitas California, one of the important places where important functions would be held.

Please note this is the first time ever in the history of Tamil Cinema that a trailer of a film was launched here.

• Approximate 80,000 components come together to make an F1 car. The cars have to be assembled with cent per cent accuracy. If it were assembled 99.9% correctly, it would go on the track with 80 components wrongly placed.
• F1 car engines complete their life in about two hours of racing. Just compare this with normal engines which go on serving us faithfully for decent 20 years.
• When an F1 driver puts brakes on his car he experiences huge retardation or deceleration. It could be compared to a regular car driving through a brick wall at the speed of 300kmph.
• An F1 engine usually revs up to 18000 rpm. This means that the piston travels up and down 300 times a second. Road car engines rev up to 6000 rpm at max.
• The brake discs in an F1 car have to withstand the operating temperature of approximately 1000 degrees Centigrade. They are made of carbon fibre which is much harder than steel and has a higher melting point.
• The cars have more than a kilometer of cable linked to about 100 sensors and actuators which monitor and control the car.
• An F1 car can accelerate from 0 to 160 kph and decelerate back to 0 in just four seconds.
• An F1 car weighs around 550 kg.
• Gear cogs or ratios are replaced after each race for they have to resist high degrees of stress.
• Gear levers are located on the back of the wheel. The clutch levers are located below the gear paddles.
• Most racing cars have their tyres filled with nitrogen. The reason being nitrogen has a more consistent pressure compared to normal air.
• Road car tyres can last 60 000 to 100 000 km. On the other hand, racing tyres are designed to last only 90 to 120 km.
• The tyres lose weight during the race. In a GP each tyre loses about 0.5kg in weight due to wear.
• The cars can be refueled at 12 liters per second. The rig used would take just 4 seconds to fill the tank of an average road car.
• Pit stop crews take only 3 seconds to refuel and change tyres.

Thai Ngoc is a man that medical modern science says should have died in 1976 when he was robbed of the ability to sleep.  The Vietnamese man, born in 1942 in a small village called Trung Ha in the Quang Nam Province said one of his greatest aspirations in life was to one day have a dream.  And yet dreams have never come.
The man was the subject of two separate investigations looking into his strange condition.  Some would say the potential for productivity one man can have utilizing all 24 hours in the day without sleep would be an immense boon while others say it is a cruel curse placed on him by nature.  The investigations operating out of the United Kingdom and Thailand both independently concluded that Thai Ngoc was the genuine article as they followed him for several days independently with cameras around the clock.  As the sun set, Ngoc continued to work tirelessly, tending to the small farm he lived on.  Investigators even took the study a step further, hiding nine objects of Ngoc’s around the house and asking the elderly man to describe them and indicate which objects were missing.  He did so without missing a beat, demonstrating an incredible amount of alertness.

The brain needs what is known as “REM sleep” also known as “dream sleep.”  REM sleep is said to be one of the most powerful changes the human mind will undertake throughout a natural lifetime.  And it is supposed to happen once every REM cycle in a 24 hour day.  Without REM sleep subjects in sleep studies show a decreased level of performance in both cognitive functioning and verbal aptitude.  And with time, a lack of REM sleep is often forcibly fought by the body with increased lethargy ultimately leading to a deep sleep lasting several hours.  Studies where REM sleep was prevented often resulted in symptoms reminiscent of sufferers of schizophrenia.

And yet Ngoc, while observed, seemed perfectly reasonable and lucid.  He would work around the clock with no ill effects.  Since he never slept, he had no bed in his house.  Visitors had to sleep on mats which Ngoc poured boiling water around in order to fight off the constant tide of ants in the area.

Though his lack of sleep was widely documented by news crews, he declined an invitation to travel abroad for 18 months in order to be studied, saying he was afraid of tests and had not left his home town for over 60 years.  In addition, he says that no doctor has been able to help him thus far.  Medicines intended to allow him to sleep have no effect on him.  He has had several jobs playing drums at night in order to remind the other villagers that someone is still out there watching over the village in the dead of night.  And yet no one is able to explain how Ngoc is alive or how he can sustain such long hours without sleep.  He has been keeping his pace for a long time and wishes for nothing more than a half hour nap.

Too much VIAGRA killed the dictator

Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, died at his residence in Abuja of a heart attack, rumored to have been caused by the ingestion of large quantities of the drug VIAGRA as a prelude to an orgy. (1998)

The Jockey died but the Horse kept going… and WON!

Frank Hayes, jockey, suffered a heart attack during a horse race. The horse, Sweet Kiss, went on to finish first, making Hayes the only deceased jockey to win a race. (1953)

Teenager killed by a MiG-23 fighter jet

A Belgian teenager was killed by a crashing soviet MiG-23 fighter jet, which escaped from Poland on autopilot after the crew ejected over a false engine failure alarm. (1989)

Killed and eaten by a classmate

A 25-year-old Dutch woman studying in Paris, Renée Hartevelt, was killed and eaten by a classmate, Issei Sagawa, when he invited her to dinner for a literary conversation. The killer was declared unfit to stand trial and extradited back to Japan, where he was released from custody within fifteen months. (1981)

Prince of Nepal didn’t like his Royal Family

On June 1, Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal, enraged from a dispute over his marriage arrangements (and possibly intoxicated), reportedly went on a rampage at dinner and massacred nearly the entire Royal Family, including his father the king. But in accordance with custom and tradition, Dipendra, then in a coma due to wounds sustained either from palace guards or a botched suicide attempt, became king for three days before dying on June 4. He was succeeded by his uncle, whose son mysteriously survived the massacre unscathed. (2001)

Don’t F*CK the animals you freak!

Kenneth Pinyan an Enumclaw, Seattle WA. man, died of acute peritonitis after submitting to anal intercourse with a stallion. The man had done this before, though apparently this time his partner was a little too keen, and delayed several hours to visit hospital wishing to avoid official cognisance. The case may lead to the criminalization of bestiality in Washington. (2005)

Decapitated by a helicopter blade

Vic Morrow, actor, was decapitated by helicopter blade during filming of “Twilight Zone: The Movie” and was killed instantly, along with two child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen. (1982)

Distracted by his wife, in the middle of World War I

François Faber, Luxembourgean Tour de France winner, died in a trench on the western front of World War I. He received a telegram saying his wife had given birth to a daughter. He cheered, giving away his position, and was shot by a German sniper (1915).

The politician shot himself during a TV conference

R. Budd Dwyer, a Republican politician, committed suicide during a televised press conference. Facing a potential 55-year jail sentence for alleged involvement in a conspiracy, Dwyer shot himself in the head with a revolver. (1987)

Assassinated with an Umbrella

Georgi Markov, a Bulgarian dissident, was assassinated by poisoning in London by an unknown assailant who shot him in the leg with a specially modified umbrella that fired a metal pellet with a small cavity full of ricin poison. (1978)

Brandon Lee and the magic bullet

Brandon Lee, the son of Bruce Lee, was shot and killed by a prop .44 Magnum while filming the movie The Crow. The scene involved the firing of a full-powder blank (full charge of gunpowder, but no bullet) at Brandon’s character. However, unknown to the film crew/firearms technician, a bullet was already lodged in the barrel. (1993)

He swallowed a toothpick on a party

Sherwood Anderson, writer, swallowed a toothpick at a party and then died of peritonitis. (1941)

A foil pierced his eyeball and entered his brain

Vladimir Smirnov, an Olympic champion fencer, died of brain damage nine days after his opponent’s foil snapped during a match, pierced his eyeball and entered his brain. (1982)

Jack Daniel’s much needed Anger Management

Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, died of blood poisoning due to a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code. (1911)

Decaptitated by his car’s drive chain, but it was worth it!

J.G. Parry-Thomas, a British racing driver, was decaptitated by his car’s drive chain which, under duress, snapped and whipped into the cockpit. He was attempting to break his own Land speed record which he had set the previous year. Incredibly enough, despite being killed in the attempt, he succeeded in setting a new record of 171mph. (1927)

A homeless man killed to collect his life insurance

Michael Malloy, a homeless man, was murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure, and being struck by a car. Malloy was murdered by five men in a plot to collect on life insurance policies they’d purchased. (1933)

4 Weeks without water on the Libyan Desert

Lady be Good, a USAAF B-24 bomber lost its way and crash landed in the Libyan Desert. The Mummified remains of its crew, who struggled for a week without water, were not found until 1960. (1943)

The right song for his last performance

Famed baritone Leonard Warren collapsed on the stage of the New York Metropolitan Opera of a massive stroke during a performance of “La forza del destino” (The force of destiny). (1960)

Apollo 1‘s deadly training exercise

A flash fire began in the pure oxygen atmosphere inside the unlaunched Apollo 1 spacecraft, killing its crew during a training exercise. (1967)

The Prime Minister can’t swim

Harold Holt, the serving Prime Minister of Australia, vanished while swimming on a beach near Melbourne. His body was never found. (1967)

“Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?”

Jerome Irving Rodale, an American pioneer of organic farming, died of a heart attack while being interviewed on the Dick Cavett Show. When he appeared to fall asleep, Cavett quipped “Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?”. The show was never broadcast. (1971)

And this is Live News…

Christine Chubbuck, an American television news reporter committed suicide during a live broadcast on July 15th. At 9:38 AM, 8 minutes into her talk show, on WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida, she drew out a revolver and shot herself in the head. (1974)

Not a good entrance for this WWF Wrestler

Owen Hart, WWF (now WWE) wrestler, died when he fell 78 feet while being lowered into the ring by a cable from the stadium rafters before an upcoming match. He had been scheduled to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship that night. (1999)

Wasn’t that just part of the act?

Tommy Cooper, British magician, died on stage at Her Majesty’s Theatre during a live television routine. Most of the audience and viewers believed it was part of his act. (1984)

As you said: “Too bad you can only live so long”

Richard Versalle suffered a heart attack onstage at the New York Metropolitan Opera after delivering the line “Too bad you can only live so long” during a performance of The Makropulos Case. (1996)

Nasty weather for this environmentalist

American environmentalist Timothy Treadwell, self-proclaimed “eco-warrior” that had lived in the wilderness among bears for thirteen summers in a remote portion of Alaska, was killed and partially consumed along with his girlfriend Amie Huguenard after they had been slated to leave due to the impending harsh fall/winter in Alaska. The critically-acclaimed documentary film Grizzly Man, directed by Werner Herzog, was released in 2005. (2003)

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